The 3rd Silk Road Expo Kicks off in Xi'an, a New Pattern of Two-way Opening-up Takes Shape along the Belt and Road

XI'AN, China, May 15, 2018 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

On May 11, the Third Silk Road International Exposition and the Investment and
Trade Forum for Cooperation between Eastern and Western China ("the 3rd Silk
Road Expo") opens in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province. Guests and
investors from 75 countries and regions like the UK, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, the
Philippines, Cambodia, Iran, South Korea, Nepal and South Africa are
participating in the event, with the UK and Malaysia as guests of honor.
The theme of this year's Silk Road Expo is "New Age, New Pattern and New
Development". Forty activities covering over 20 fields like trade, culture,
investment, science and finance are held in the forms of governmental
dialogues, enterprise collaborations, people-to-people exchanges and intercity
interactions. The six pavilions provide transnational, inter-regional and
crossover displays, highlighting aerospace, electronic information technology
products and intelligent manufacturing in high-tech industries.
Rona Fairhead, Minister for Trade and Export Promotion at the Department for
International Trade of the UK, says that more than 200 British delegates and 50
enterprises participated in this event. "This largest ever British delegation
visiting Northwest China will strengthen cooperation with the provinces in
Northwest China as well as the regions along the Silk Road Economic Belt,"
Fairhead said.
Rona Fairhead said that all the countries along the Belt and Road and
enterprises across the globe gather here for trade exchanges, free capital
flow, technology competition and communication of ideas and that this Silk Road
Expo shows to the whole world a modern, open and encompassing Shaanxi Province.
The Silk Road Expo, which aims to contribute to the building of the Belt and
Road, has become a center of wisdom for the development of the countries along
the Belt and Road, a center of investment and trade cooperation, and a center
for high-end products and scientific development. With a view to boosting
interaction between land and marine economy, domestic and overseas cooperation,
and the cooperation of East and West China, the Silk Road Expo will also bring
new development opportunities to the world.
Source: The Organizing Committee of the Third Silk Road Expo
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